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Researchers show taller plant communities are more productive and sensitive to climate warming

A taller plant community means higher net ecosystem productivity and its temperature sensitivity to warming, indicating a greater ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere

Future climate impacts put humpback whale diet at risk

Demographic shifts move U.S. population into climate change risk

Population growth has spurred economic growth in the South. But the changing climate, and risks climate change poses there, may turn that equation on its

Is India’s Ruling Party Downplaying Climate Change?

By 2019, after five years in power, climate change had almost entirely disappeared from its manifesto. The term was mentioned only in the context of India’s impressive installation of renewable power. The only measurable goal was the reduction of air pollution in 102 of India’s most polluted cities “by at least 35% over the next five years.”

Climate change will reduce streamflow in the upper Colorado river basin as groundwater levels fall, study finds

The Colorado River makes life possible in many Western cities and supports agriculture that sustains people throughout the country

Around 80% of respondents are anxious when it comes to climate change. However, almost two thirds also agree with the statement that there are more pressing problems in their country than climate change
At the latest when climate policy measures are perceived as exacerbating problems that are considered more important, anger & aggravation can be expected
In general, milieus belonging to a lower and middle social status attach significantly less importance to the issue